This is a total solar eclipse.
But it's artificial.
It was made by one spacecraft moving in front of the Sun relative to another—both part of ESA's new Proba-3 mission.
This is an image taken during Proba-3's first artificial solar eclipse with its ASPIICS coronagraph instrument's green filter.
But it's artificial.
It was made by one spacecraft moving in front of the Sun relative to another—both part of ESA's new Proba-3 mission.
This is an image taken during Proba-3's first artificial solar eclipse with its ASPIICS coronagraph instrument's green filter.
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https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Proba-3/Proba-3_s_first_artificial_solar_eclipse
Credit: ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm
(j/k, of course, I wouldn't have missed it for anything.)
https://youtu.be/nhke43NPO0A?si=8BDFy5ueG9RlgQBc